StarterKits™ – Serum-free cell lines certified by the European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC) now available for commercial purposes.

We are glad to announce that the following serum-free certified cell lines are now available under license for commercial purposes:

Sp2/0-Ag14-TurboDoma

P3X63Ag8.653-TurboDoma

Vero-Hektor

COS-1-InVitrus

293-Hektor

BHK21-InVitrus

BHK21-Hektor.

The above serum-free cell lines have been distributed since 2004 under the terms of the agreement between Cell Culture Technologies and Public Health England/ECACC, and derive from the original serum-dependent cell lines available at Porton Down, UK. A total of 8 cell lines from the ECACC were successfully adapted to Cell Culture Technologies’ chemically defined protein- and peptide-free minimal culture media. Hektor, InVitrus and TurboDoma culture media are available from Cell Culture Technologies and its distributors worldwide.

Go to StarterKits™ to obtain the ECACC accession numbers of the above serum-free cell lines.